Caribbean treasure washes up in the UK

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A haul of treasure found perfectly preserved in a 16th-century shipwreck has
been sold for £250,000 in South Yorkshire.

The 230 pewter plates and bowls were among 1,200 items of high-quality English
tableware recovered from the wreck of a Spanish galleon off Punta Cana in
the Dominican Republic.

It is believed the unnamed ship was carrying Spain’s new ambassador to its
colony of Hispaniola, now the Dominican Republic and Haiti, when it hit
rocks and sank around 1540. A diplomat is thought to have been the only
survivor, swimming ashore as possessions destined for his island mansion
sank beneath the

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Some of the tableware bears the same mark as that recovered from the Mary Rose

December 28 2013 Richard Willis/Getty Images

Some of the tableware bears the same mark as that recovered from the Mary Rose